Garment-supporter



. 1. H. BURT.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLlCATlON mzo lULY 29.1920.

WITNESS:

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INVEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 17,1921;

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. runner srnINGrIELn, rmssncnusnrrs, assrsnon, BY ninnorenn mnsnn ASSIGNMENTS, TO THRIFT-GAR'IER 00. 1nd, or new YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application filed'July 29, 1920. Serial No. 399,731.

To aZZ whom it may cancer Be it known that 1, JAMES H. BURT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of S ringfield, in the county of Hampden and tate of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in devices for supporting hose from body garments worn by women and children, and consists essentially of an elastic hanger which is adapted to be connected with the supporting garment, and is equipped with a friction buckle, four tabs arranged in pairs which are in angular relation to each other, and provided with stocking-fastening members, and a certain peculiar buckle with the aid of which said tabs are connected with said hanger, the connection between the tabs and hanger being a novel feature of the invention, together with such other parts and members as may be necessary or desirable in order to render the supporter complete and serviceable in every particular, all as hereinafter set forth.

The primary object of my invention is to produce a hose supporter which is dependent solely on friction for its connections or for the connections between the constituent parts thereof, there being no stitching or sewing whatever employed in the construction of the supporter, so that the same is very inexpensive to manufacture. This supporter besides being inexpensive is simple in construction, and withal it is strong and durable, and highly eflicient.

Another object is to increase the life of the elastic element in the supporter by making up the latter without stitching or sewing, which is always liable to injure and weaken said element;-

Other objects and advantages will appear cal section through the connection between the hanger and the tabs; Fig. 3, a detail in partial section of the upper portion of the hanger and certain of its connecting and connected members, the view being taken longitudinally; Fig. 4, a detail in partial section of one of the tabs having one of the male stocking-fastening members connected therewith, this View also being in longitudinal direction, and, Fig. 5, a rear elevation of the buckle used in the connection between the hanger and the tabs, and of.the tabforming strip which is folded upon itself, showing the fold. I

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the several views.

The hose supporter as herein illustrated comprises an elastic hanger 1 having a fastener 2 at the top and provided with a fastening buckle 3 below saidfastener, two long tabs 4-, two short tabs 5, a connecting buckle 6, two male stocking-fastening members 7, and two female stocking-fastening members 8.

The upper part of the hanger 1 is looped through the fastener 2, and the latter is adapted to be attached to a button provided on a waist or other garment for that purpose. 'Said fastener is of usual and well-, known constructlon, and the same maybe said of the fastening members or fasteners 8.

The hanger 1 is made of a strip of elastic material. The upper terminal portion of the hanger 1, which is looped through the fastener 2, is fastened by means of tlie buckle 3 and through the medium of the friction which exists between said strip and said buckle. The buckle 3 tudinal slots 9. therein, and the two thicknesses of the strip which comprises the hangerl are passed upwardly in front of said buckle and rearwardly through the lower of said slots, next upwardly behind said buckle and forwardly through the upper of said slots, and then upwardly again in front of'said buckle to receive in its loop the fastener 2. The. extremity of the upperend portion of the hanger stripappears at 13,in F 3, hanging from the lower slotted part of the buckle 3 in front of the main part of said strip. It is now seen that the frictional contact between the buckle 3 and contiguous portions of thehanger strip securely retains the upper, looped portions of has two longisaid strip in place, although adjustment may be effected, for the purpose of the shortening or lengthening the. hanger, by loosening those portions of the strip which pass through the slots 9 in the buckle.

The short tabs 5 are in front of the long tabs 4, and the two pairs of short and long tabs form an acute angle with each other at the place of connection with the hanger 1. The left-hand short tab 5 consists or is made up of a strip 10, the right-hand short tab 5 is made up of a strip 11, and the two long tabs are made up of a strip 12, said tab strips consisting of any suitable material. These several tab strips are interwoven or intertwined, so to speak, with the buckle 6, and so, also, is the lower terminal portion of the hanger 1, in such a manner that friction alone may be and is depended on to hold the parts in place. To this end the buckle 6 has three horizontal slots 14 therein. ably the sides of the buckle 6 flare outwardly or diverge from above downwardly, and the slots 14 increase in length from above downwardly, the uppermost slot being the short est and the lowermost slot the longest. This construction or shape lends itself to the best advantage for the formation of the threeway connection between the hanger and tabs.

Having special reference, now, to Fig. 2, therein it is seen that the strips 10, 11, and 12 are all passed through the three slots 14 in the buckle (3, and that the lower terminal of the hanger 1 or its strip passes down in front of said buckle and rearwardly through the uppermost slot, next downwardly behind those portions of said first-named strips, that is, the tab strips, which are behind said buckle, and forwardly under said buckle, then upwardly between the front of said buckle and those portions of the tab strips which extend downwardly from the lowermost slot, and rearwardly through said lastnamed slot between the bottom edge thereof and the portions of said tab strips that pass through the said slot, and finally up between adjacent portions of the tab strips, which are behind said buckle, and the part of said hanger strip which is back of or behind the buckle, to end at 15.

Tracing each of the tab strips 10, 11, and 1.2, but beginning with the last, it will be observed that, starting with one end 16 of the strip 12, which end is contiguous with the short length of the hanger strip that is between the end 15 thereof and the lowermost slot 14 in the buckle 6, said strip 12 passes forwardly and out through said slot and downwardly in front of said hanger strip, is looped through its fastener 8, passes upwardly, being doubled on itself, to and rearwardly through said slot and upwardly to and forwardly through the uppermost slot 14 in said buckle, downwardly in front of said buckle to and rearwardly through the Prefer intermediate slot 14 in said buckle, downwardly to and forwardly through said lowermost slot, and downwardly, is looped through its fastener 8, and passes upwardly to and rearwardly through said lowermost slot, to end at 17 at a point adjacent to the end 16 with one thickness of the strip be tween. Thus it is that the strip 12 forms the two long tabs 5. In order to have the right-side of the material of which the strip 12 is made outermost on both tabs 4,

it is necessary to twist or fold said strip on itself, as represented at 18 in Figs. 2 and The fold .18 is located at or adjacentto the bottom of the uppermost slot 14, in the rearmost ascending part of said strip 12, so that such fold is behind the buckle 6 and out of sight within the thicknesses of material intertwined with said buckle. If both sides of thematerial of which the strip 12 is made were alike, the fold 18 would not be needed.

Tracing next the cause of the strip 11, it will be seen that the two ends or end por tions 19 of said strip are contiguous with each other, and one of them with the aforesaid fold 18, being behind the first ascending part of the strip 12, and inside of the adjacent portion of the hanger 1. From the ends 19 the two thicknesses of the strip 11 pass upwardly to and outwardly or forwardly through the uppermost slot 14-, downwardly to and inwardly or rearwardly through the intermediate slot 14, downwardly to and forwardly through the lowermost slot 14, and downwardly and to the right to receive or have connected therewith its fastening member 7.

Taking up finally the strip 10, it is to be noted that the ends or end portions 20 of said strip are contiguous with each other, and with one of the end portions 19 of the strip 11, on the one hand, and with that portion of the hanger 1 which is behind the buckle 6, on the other hand. From the ends 20 thetwo thicknesses of the strip 10 pass upwardly to and outwardly through the uppermost slot .14, downwardlyv to and inwardly through the intermediate slot 14, downwardly to and outwardly through the lowermost slot 14, and downwardly and to the left to receive or have connected there with its fastening member 7.

With the several strips arranged in the manner described above, all are securelyheld in place by frictional contact with each other and with the buckle 6, so that there is no liability of slipping or becoming de tached on the part ofany of such strips. This statement includes in its scope the hanger 1. f

Each fastening member 7 has therein upper and lower horizontal or transverse slots 21, and is provided with a headed stud or post 22, around the shank of which latter is a rubber sleeve 23. The fastener just described is of usual construction and similar to those commonly used, with a fastener such as 8, for engaging and holding in place stockings and other garments. The bottom part or loop of each tab 4 receives therein the bottomedge portion of one of the fasteners '7, and the two thicknesses of said tab extend upwardly behind said fastener, forwardly through the upper slot 21 therein, and upwarly to the buckle 6, after the front thickness of said tab has been passed rearwardly through the lower slot 21 in said fastener.

It is now plain that this hose supporter is strong, durable, and serviceable, even though sole reliance for holding the parts in place, without the aid of any stitching, sewing, or similar securing means, is placed on friction.

The application of the supporter hereinbefore described is similar to that of supporters of a different type but for a similar purpose, so that it is not deemed necessary to enter into an explanation of the same.

More or less change'in the shape, size, construction, and arrangement of some or all of the parts of this device may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a hose supporter comprising a hanger, a pair of long tabs formed of a single strip connected with said hanger, and a pair of short tabs formed of two strips also connected with said hanger, all solely dependent on friction to hold them in place, said tabs being provided with stockingfastening members.

2. The combination, in a hose supporter, of a hanger, a buckle having therein transverse slots, said hanger passing through the uppermost and being looped through the lowermost of said slots, a pair of tabs consisting of a single strip passed through all of the slots in said buckle and looped over the bottom edge of the uppermost of said slots, two short tabs consisting of two strips also passed through all of said slots and looped over said bottom edge of said uppermost slot, the lower portions of said hanger being behind these portions of said tab strips which are behind said buckle, and stocking-fastening members connected with said tabs.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a hose supporter comprising a fastener, a hanger looped through said fastener, a friction buckle to retain the looped parts of said hanger in place, said buckle having two parallel slots therein for said looped parts, a second friction buckle having three parallel slots therein, said hanger also passing through the uppermost slot in said secondnamed buckle, a plurality of tab-forming strips, said strips passing through all of said slots in said second-named buckle, and stocking-fastening members at the lower ends of said tabs.

4. As an improved article of manufacture,

tening members.

, JAMES H. BURT. Witnesses F. A. CUTTER, A. C. FAIRBANKS. 

